I have a book called Journalism After September 11 edited by Barbara Zelizer and Stuart Allan. I always pull it out when I am discussing the history of the blog. It helps remind me of what
…Author: Dr. Janet Johnson
→I am a professor, pretend political pundit, media critic, and the author of the upcoming book: Political Rhetoric, Social Media, and American Presidential Campaigns: Candidates' Use of New Media. (December 2020 Lexington Books)
Critiquing and monitoring social media/media in the political process is what I do. I live for American Presidential Campaigns.
Tonight the GOP candidates debated at the Ronald Reagan Library. As they debated, I watched the Twitterverse to see which candidate took advantage of the backdoor debate. Clearly Perry seemed to “get” the backdoor debate and
…This semester I am having my students Twitter for a grade. All they have to do is twitter throughout the semester. Midsemester I am having them write a Twitter reflection paper. I noticed the same people
…I have noticed some candidates not utilizing the blog on their campaign web site. I understand you don’t have to blog, but it’s where your audience can comment and respond. A blog can help a candidate
…The 2012 campaign is getting interesting. President Obama’s approval rating is dropping while the GOP candidate list is growing.
Unfortunately, some candidates are not using social media to its full advantage. Candidates need to use Blogging,
…When I studied the 2008 Presidential campaign blogs for my dissertation I noticed that Hillary Clinton used the word and idea of increasing the “Momentum” of her campaign. I now notice the 2012 Republican candidates are
…As I write about the rhetorical situation for a project I am working on, I think Lloyd Bitzer, the author of the famous article The Rhetorical Situation, would definitely call Rep. Anthony Weiner’s twitter incident a significant
…Grading is not my favorite part of my job. But, my iPad sure does make the daunting task more fun. One of the tricks I have learned is how to make a table for a rubric
…I was inspired by Alec Hosterman’s post about using Egypt’s Social Movement through Social Media. Since I lost a week with my students due to the snow, I came up with an idea for a
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